Poetry Notebooks

I love poetry notebooks and did them years ago and matched the poem to a super cute craft.  However, with the change in standards, it has been difficult to fit in into our schedule and justify the time spent on it... until now!

I have purchased The Fall Fluency Packet along with October Songs and Poems from Jodi Southard at Fun-in First.   On Monday mornings, I have taken the poem and the illustration page and reduced them to the fit side by side on a page.  The kids cut it in half and glue each half side by side in their comprehension notebook so they can read and illustrate the poem.

      
Then, we share the fluency pack page during reading groups going over the poem and the skills that follow.  This week's poem was finding the rhyming words, identifying a question and recalling details from the poem.  The kids then take the fluency page home to be practiced for three nights at home and returned on Thursdays as part of their homework.

The poetry notebook is part of the read to partner literacy center.  They can practice the weekly poem as well as any previous poem with their partner.  The kids love rereading their favorites and sharing their illustrations with their partner.

We have used the poetry notebooks for a month and I have finally made a cover for the notebooks.  The kids will be so excited on Monday:) You can grab the poetry notebook cover for FREE and then head over to Jodi's blog and TpT store to check out these fabulous packets that connect the poetry notebooks anf fluency to the common core stands and who can argue with that?